It was a long weekend. I literally spent most of it grading papers. I was particularly disappointed with the lack of improvement from the previous batch, but when I entered the grades this morning I'd somehow managed to up the average score! (I blame the nice weather for somehow keeping me in an optimistic generous grading mood). This morning I was rushed and feeling rather stressed out, not looking forward to the new batch of essays to grade already that I would be collecting later on today from my other class.
Then something wonderful happened. As I walked back to my office from the other end of the mall area I saw a huge line in front of the Union. As I got closer I saw a black truck withe the Full Throttle logo on it. Full Throttle being my favorite energy drink, I immediately got excited. While the long line deterred me slightly, I walked over the bridge to get a closer look. To my delight the Full Throttle was indeed being handed out free to passers by, and there wasn't even a line! (that was for the pizza which I wasn't interested in)
Joy! And on top of THAT i was handed (by random chance of the dude's reaching into the large cooler) one of the new orange flavored version that I had yet to try. As with all of their spin off tastes, I don't like it as much as the original (a HIGH standard to approach), but for the first time I really like the new flavor on its own right. It's basically like what you think of as generic orange soda, a nice light crisp taste perfect for e burgeoning summer day!
Somehow that's all it took. Even before I opened it and was given the much needed energy boost (5 hours of sleep last night, I still had to prep for lecture today after finishing grading..) my mood lightened. I know it's not really accurate to consider a free drink generosity from a corporation (It's made by Coca Cola after all), but it made my day, so that's all I really care about right now. Thanks Full Throttle!
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